PGA Grand Slam of Golf

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is an annual off season golf tournament contested by the winners of the four major championships of regular men's golf, which are The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship. It is one of several invitational events for leading male golfers which are held each year in November and December after the PGA Tour and the European Tour seasons have concluded. The competition is organised by the PGA of America and the prize money does not count towards the PGA Tour money list.

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Major championships - The Masters - U.S. Open - The Open Championship - PGA Championship - PGA Tour - European Tour - PGA of America

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The tournament has been staged since 1979 with a couple of short breaks. It is a 2 day, 36-hole stroke-play competition. If a player wins more than one major in a calendar year, the PGA of America will fill the four-man field by inviting the player(s) with the best overall finishes in that year's majors. Initially the PGA Grand Slam of Golf was played at a different golf course each year, but since 1994, the Poipu Bay Golf Course on the Hawaiian island of Kauai has been the tournament's permanent home. The prize fund is $1 million, of which $400,000 goes to the winner. This is likely to be the lowest first prize some of the competitors have played for all year, but on the other hand there is a guaranteed $150,000 for coming fourth and last.

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Stroke-play - Hawaiian - Kauai - $

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